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2railjon
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Postby 2railjon » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:34 pm

Jon, this switch tower look German, if not European style.....am I wrong?

Andre, I honestly don't know the history behind the Roy tower. Maybe someone could shed some more light on it. Where's Wayne!!!!! :D
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Postby AG » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:32 pm

He is looking in his books!!! :lol: :lol:
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Postby AG » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:00 pm

As you know I chose hump yard switch system. But this is designed for ho scale and N scale. The only issue with this, is the mechanism to move the turnout. It can not move directly, so you need to add some extra arms.
I will show later the arms, now a picture and (sorry) little bite dark video.
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Postby 2railjon » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:30 pm

Andre!! Thats cool as all get out!!! I had been meaning to ask you about those switches when you first posted them!!!! Are they mechanical or electronic? :D
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Postby AG » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:33 pm

100% mechanical. I love it, I feel more involved with the operation.
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Postby webenda » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:34 pm

highrailjon wrote:
Jon, this switch tower look German, if not European style.....am I wrong?

Andre, I honestly don't know the history behind the Roy tower. Maybe someone could shed some more light on it. Where's Wayne!!!!! :D


Oh, oh! Here I am. I have been busy today. After finishing the with the weeds, we grilled chicken and veggies on the barbeque grill. Just put everything up and sat down at the computer.

I know nothing of the Roy Tower, however, it has the look of other structures on the PRR. They had lots of excess money* and built many architecturally interesting structures. It would be interesting to know who the architect was.


* The Pennsylvania Railroad was founded in 1846 and holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history: it paid out annual dividends to shareholders for more than 100 years in a row. For many years the President of the PRR was considered more powerful than the President of the United States. The budget for the PRR was larger than that of the U.S. government. Then, in 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with their rival, the New York Central Railroad, to form Penn Central Transportation. It was all down hill from that point. On June 21, 1970, one hundred and twenty four years after founding, the greatest railroad in the world filed bankruptcy papers.

Sorry I can’t help here.
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Postby webenda » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:50 pm

Humming Birds must be from NK. After I filled their nectar bottle, they stopped attacking me and went after each other with a vengeance. Only one could drink at a time, while the others quarreled. Then they would see it drinking and chase it off. One of the males chased another male straight up out of sight. They looked like they were doing 350 mph straight up. (Working off a sugar high?)
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Postby webenda » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:02 am

AG wrote:100% mechanical. I love it, I feel more involved with the operation.
Andre.


Andre, I bet those would fit inside Jon's Roy Tower. If the tower roof is removable, you could switch your layout from the tower.
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Postby AG » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:35 pm

may be but the tower is not mine :cry:
Jon If you want you can use the same system to activate electric motor switch. It will be so easy.
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Postby The Dirt » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:26 pm

And the battle continues...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23793136/

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Postby 2railjon » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:46 pm

LOL, Pete!! Here you go :arrow: :arrow:
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:50 pm

Wonder if it works on groundhogs?

Sounds like fun either way...
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Postby Mitch » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:39 pm

FIRE IN THE HOLE! FIRE IN THE HOLE!

FIRE!!!

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Postby Daisy » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:36 pm

I haven't been writing because I don't get what any of you are talking about!


Did anyone watch the DVD that came as part of model railroading journal? Cool cool layouts Jesus! I saw Tony Lash!
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Postby 2railjon » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:23 pm

DaizzeEIE! Now I don't get what you're talking about!!!?!!? :lol: :lol: :wink: What DVD? Who's Tony ***?
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